Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to PlayOnLinux

Product categories

Cloud Computing Debugger Debugging Emulators Game Managers Gaming Gaming Tools Group Chat & Notifications Office & Productivity Online Games Virtual Machine Management Virtualization

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to PlayOnLinux are Proton, Darling, and Lutris. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Proton Landing Page
1

Proton

Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Group Chat & Notifications #Game Managers
Darling Landing Page
2

Darling

Run macOS applications on Linux
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Group Chat & Notifications #Gaming #Cloud Computing 8 social mentions
Lutris Landing Page
3

Lutris

Lutris is an open source gaming platform for GNU/Linux.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Game Managers #Emulators 524 social mentions
Cheat Engine Landing Page
4

Cheat Engine

Cheat Engine is an open source memory scanner/hex editor/debugger for Windows.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Hack Game #Debugging 49 social mentions
QEMU Landing Page
5

QEMU

QEMU (short for "Quick EMUlator") is a free and open-source hosted hypervisor that...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Virtualization #Cloud Computing #Virtual Machine Management 3 social mentions
Bottles Landing Page
6

Bottles

Easily manage wineprefix on Linux
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Cloud Computing #Group Chat & Notifications #Gaming 227 social mentions
Phoenicis Landing Page
7

Phoenicis

Install and run Windows software on Linux and Mac
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Game Managers #Group Chat & Notifications
Playnite Landing Page
8

Playnite

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Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Emulators #Gaming Tools 286 social mentions
Batocera.linux Landing Page
9

Batocera.linux

Batocera.linux is an open-source and completely free retro-gaming distribution that can be copied to a USB stick or an SD card with the aim of turning any computer/nano computer into a gaming console during a game or permanently.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Gaming Tools #Gaming Distribution 41 social mentions
scanmem & GameConqueror Landing Page
10

scanmem & GameConqueror

GameConqueror is a GUI for scanmem.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming Software #Game Reviews #Gaming 9 social mentions
bochs Landing Page
11

bochs

Bochs IA-32 Emulator provides a virtual PC that can run operating systems such as Windows, Linux, and BSD.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Cloud Computing #Virtualization #Virtual Machine Management 6 social mentions
OpenEmu Landing Page
12

OpenEmu

Console and Arcade video game emulator for macOS.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Gaming #Gaming Tools #Emulators 91 social mentions